NEWS 9 Small school makes big difference Military exhibition A TRAVELLING exhibition of war history opens at the Beachport National Trust Museum on Monday. The former wool and grain store will stage The War at Sea: the Royal Australian Navy in World War I for six weeks. It comes from the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Sydney and highlights the contribution the Royal Australian Navy made in the “war to end all wars”. Beachport was the first place in Australia to have deaths occur as the result of enemy action. Able Seamen Thomas William Todd (30) and William Leonard Edward Danswan (33) were the two sailors killed on July 14, 1941 while dismantling an enemy mine which had entered Rivoli Bay. The Beachport National Trust erected a memo- rial in honour of the two sailors at the Surf Beach in the 1970s. ESTEEMED VISITOR: Mount Burr Primary School students were surprised by a visit from television host Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello to congratulate them on their Cows for Cambodia fundraising. Charity support gives Cambodian families hand up MOUNT Burr Primary School students recently welcomed a well-known television personality on their premises. South Aussie With Cosi host Andrew “Cosi” Costello dropped by the school to congratulate students on their progress with the Cows for Cambodia project. The school has raised money to help the television host buy a cow for a Cambodian family. Initiated by Cosi after a visit to the south east Asian country, the charity empowers Cambodians to borrow a pregnant cow to help them with rural life. “Cosi explained how the project works and how he hopes in the future it would not be a charity but a sustainable project for the people of Cambodia,” principal AnneMarie Fitzgerald said. “He stressed that the project is about giving people a hand up not a hand out.” The charity owns 22 cows which they lend to families across the country. Once the cow gives birth to a calf, the host family returns the cow and keeps the calf. With their initial goal of $750 reached, the school raised enough money for two cows. Students raised the funds through donations, a wheela-thon, by selling ice blocks at the recent Pines Sports Day and hosting a lunch with produce from the school’s garden. “Not only does it teach students about empathy, it supports intercultural understanding in line with the Australian curriculum,” Ms Fitzgerald said. “It also works with the upper primary’s economic and business learning as it teaches them about profit and loss.” Year 5 student Isabelle Quintel said along with the educational value, she enjoyed the humanitarian side of the project. “For people in Cambodia, having a cow is like winning the lottery,” she said. “If we can give one family a cow they can feed their family for generations.” COMMUNITY CALENDAR Need to know what’s happening? Go to www.wattlerange.sa.gov.au Upcoming Events List your event: events@wattlerange.sa.gov.au APRIL THURSDAY 16 • Seniors Online, 10am-12pm, Millicent Public Library • Baby Bounce, 11.15am, Millicent Public Library • Rotary Lights Check, 5.30pm-8pm, Millicent Farm Supplies FRIDAY 17 • School Holiday Activities, 10.30am, Millicent Library • Seniors Online, 10am-12pm, Millicent Public Library • EMMA, 9.30am-10.30am, Salvation Army Hall • ChiBall Gentle Moves, 10.30am-11.30am • Terry & Jool, 8pm, Grand Hotel SATURDAY 18 • Kalangadoo Farmers Market, 10am-1pm, Eliza Street • Floral Art Display, 10am-3pm, Presbyterian Church Hall SUNDAY 19 • Ill Starred Captain, 2.30pm, Somerset Hotel • Floral Art Display, 10am-3pm, Presbyterian Church Hall MONDAY 20 • Zumba Gold, 9am-9.45am, Salvation Army Hall • EMMA, 10am-11am, Salvation Army Hall • Bompas Wine Bus Tour, Bookings via Bompas TUESDAY 21 • EMMA, 9.30am-10.30am, Recreation Hall, Beachport • Tai Chi/Qigong, 10.45am-11.45am, Recreation Hall, Beachport • Millicent Local History Afternoon - Tom Towers Story, 1.30pm-2,30pm, Millicent Public Library WEDNESDAY 22 • School Holiday Activities, 10.30am & 2.30pm, Millicent Library THURSDAY 23 • Seniors Online, 10am-12pm, Millicent Public Library THUMBS UP: Mount Burr Primary School captains Ava Smith-Muhovics and Lachlan Leake show television personality Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello the school’s progress on their Cows for Cambodia project. www.thesoutheasterntimes.com.au • Baby Bounce, 11.15am, Millicent Public Library • Want to cut your energy bills?, 6pm-7.30pm, Civic & Arts Centre 665501 The South Eastern Times, Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 9 Thursday, 7 May | 8pm Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre 8723 8741 or www.helpmanntheatre.com.au 666720